Diver survives after great white shark breaks through underwater cage

A diver is thanking his lucky stars after the cage he was in was broken into by a giant great white shark.

Footage of the terrifying incident, which took place near Guadalupe Island off the west coast of Mexico, shows the great white eat some bait off a rope tied to the boat — and then plough into the submerged cage.

The shark thrashes around inside and after a member of the crew quickly opens the top of the cage, the fish manages to pop out and squirm frantically back into the ocean.

‘Is somebody in the cage? Somebody’s in the cage,’ one of the witnesses is heard to say after the shark swims away.

This is when the diver appears, unscathed. He was in the cage to capture the shark eating the bait on film as people watched from the boat.

Pic: YouTube

The cameraman who filmed the whole thing from the boat wrote on YouTube: ‘What might appear to be an aggressive great white shark trying to attack the cage, this is not the case.

Pic: YouTube

‘So this shark lunged at the bait, accidentally hit the side of the cage, was most likely confused and not able to swim backwards, it thrust forward and broke the metal rail of the cage.’

The video was posted on YouTube account Gabe and Garrett, a channel that posts videos of the adventures of two children from California.

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